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Jasper Fforde is known to older readers for his Thursday Next literary fantasies. His first young adult novel follows 15-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange, who runs a wizard management agency in a world that's rapidly losing magic — but business is about to pick up.

September 11 was a day of reflection and remembrance on college campuses around San Diego.

Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremony, but also a sense that it's time to move forward after a decade of remembrance.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and local colleges will hold events today to observe the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Some Alternative Choices For The Weekend

We asked musicians from Yoko Ono to Nona Hendryx to Lou Reed what they've taken from the late composer's musical and philosophical ideas.

A Century Of The Ken And Film History

Matt Bissonnette wrote No Easy Day under the pseudonym Mark Owen. He has drawn criticism for publishing details of the Osama bin Laden mission without Pentagon approval. Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt, says this account of the raid fits almost exactly with his understanding of the operation.

Read an exclusive excerpt from Zadie Smith's new novel, NW, a nuanced look at class issues in working-class north London. At the heart of the novel: what do those who've done well owe to those they've left behind?

There have been three major incidents where people with ties to the American government have been shot or killed while working in Mexico and each time, we are told they were not targeted for their work and that it was merely a case of mistaken identity.